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"Dark and Difficult Times Lie Ahead"
— Official tagline

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name and was released on 18 November, 2005. It is directed by Mike Newell, Patrick Doyle composed the film's music. The film focuses on a hidden plot to revive Lord Voldemort and the dangers that Harry Potter faces during a prestigious tournament hosted at Hogwarts.

Plot

On the early morning hours of August 22, 1994, Frank Bryce is murdered by the hand of Lord Voldemort, who is apparently plotting to get to him with the aid of Wormtail and an unidentified young man. Harry Potter awakes from a nightmare involving this. Hermione Granger wakes him from the dream while also trying to wake Ron Weasley.

By sunrise, the Weasley family and Harry travel by Portkey to the 422nd Quidditch World Cup with Amos and Cedric Diggory, whereby they witness the defeat of Bulgaria to Ireland. After the match, a gang of Death Eaters sparks terror among the campsite and Harry is separated from the others in the confusion and is knocked unconscious. After the destruction of the campsite, the unidentified young man from Harry's dream casts the Dark Mark into the sky, but flees when the others find Harry.

The three arrive at Hogwarts, where they learn that the Triwizard Tournament will be taking place at the school that year. Delegations of students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang arrive in the school to take part in the tournament: however, during the introductions, Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody enters the Great Hall and is introduced as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher for that year.

The Goblet of Fire, a magical object that selects the participants for the tournament, selects Fleur Delacour, Viktor Krum and Cedric Diggory. However, before the celebrations can begin, an unexpected fourth name is ejected from the goblet and is revealed to be Harry Potter, who professes his innocence to Albus Dumbledore as to how his name got there. His innocence is confirmed by Moody, but Harry is still required to compete in the tournament, as Barty Crouch Snr states that Harry is under a binding magical contract. The majority of students in the school believe Harry entered himself and the incident results in Ron no longer speaking with Harry.

Harry soon learns that the first task is to steal a Golden egg from a dragon, after Rubeus Hagrid shows him the dragons for the task in the Forbidden Forest. He informs Cedric of the upcoming task and, with thanks from Moody, is able to capture the egg using his Firebolt broomstick. Ron realises that Harry would never knowingly put himself into such danger without knowing about it beforehand, and the two make up and begin talking once more. During the winter holidays, Hogwarts plays host to a Yule Ball, but the evening ends on a bad note, as Ron jealously learns that Hermione had a date with Viktor Krum. Harry later has a similar dream to the one he had over the summer, but from the point of view of Frank and wakes when Frank is killed by the Killing Curse. Grateful for his tip-off about the dragons, Cedric tells Harry how to solve the clue with the egg and advises him to "take a bath".

Harry listens to the Golden Egg in the Prefect's Bathroom and correctly deduces that the second task involves a trip into the Black Lake to find something that has been taken from him. Having obtained Gillyweed from Neville Longbottom before the task, he uses it to swim under the lake for an hour and rescues Ron from the Merpeople. He also frees Gabrielle Delacour, as Fleur does not arrive due to her being attacked by Grindylows. His act of saving Gabrielle, despite her not being Harry's hostage, allows him to gain second place and ties his points with Cedric, while earning him two kisses from Fleur herself.

After the task, Harry meets with Barty Crouch Snr, who congratulates him for his achievements and stating that Harry's parents would be very proud of him. Crouch's talk is cut off by Moody, who begins to make accusations that Crouch is trying to recruit Harry. As Crouch walks towards Moody, he flicks his tongue which alarms Crouch, before he leaves. While wandering the forest with Hagrid and the others, he finds Crouch's corpse and heads to Dumbledore's Office in the castle, where Cornelius Fudge argues with Dumbledore and adamantly tells Dumbledore that he will "not be seen as a coward" for cancelling the Triwizard Tournament. Dumbledore, Fudge and Moody leave the office when Harry's presence is made known to them, Dumbledore letting Harry know that he can have a Licorice Snap, but warns that they are a "wee bit sharp".

In his haste, Harry picks some of the candy up, but they start jumping around and biting his hand. He stumbles and hits a hidden floor switch, revealing the Pensieve, toward which Harry steps toward carefully and cautiously. He suddenly falls into the depths of the Pensieve after staring into the mist and falls into a courtroom, where he learns that Igor Karkaroff used to be a Death Eater and that Crouch Snr used to have a son by the same name. Harry suddenly recalls that Crouch's son looked very much like the unknown man in his dream. When he informs Dumbledore of this recollection, Dumbledore urges him to put it out of his mind for now.

While making his way back to Gryffindor Tower, he catches sight of Karkaroff's Dark Mark while he argues with Severus Snape in a potions store cupboard. Snape maliciously taunts Harry about the supposed thefts of Boomslang skin from his store cupboard and suggests that he and his friends are brewing Polyjuice Potion, threatening to use Veritaserum on Harry if any more ingredients go missing from his stores.

The third task consists of a maze, and the champions only need to find the Triwizard Cup in the centre, which has been placed there by Alastor Moody. The maze is later seen to be enchanted and blows gusts of wind every so often to disorient the champions. During the maze challenge, Krum stuns Fleur and attempts to do the same to Cedric, but is stunned when the latter uses the Disarming Charm against him. Harry stops Cedric from attacking Krum further and runs off, before noticing the cup. They run towards it, but Cedric is caught by roots and nearly engulfed by them, but Harry saves him. The two grab the cup themselves but are teleported to the graveyard of Little Hangleton. where Harry recalls his dreams of being in that place, but before he can explain further, Wormtail and Lord Voldemort arrive, causing Harry to clutch his scar in pain. Seeing the danger, Harry desperately tells Cedric to go back to the cup, but a cauldron standing between them activates, making Harry suffer pain in his scar even more. Cedric is killed by Wormtail and Harry is pinned to a statue of the angel of death.

Wormtail drops Voldemort into the potion, puts a bone of his father into it, cuts off his hand, and draws blood from Harry. The additions revive Voldemort. When Voldemort is fully revived, he summons the Death Eaters to the graveyard and fits Wormtail with a new hand. Voldemort admonishes them for leaving him and then spots Harry and explains to the Death Eaters about how Harry survived while he (Voldemort) was rendered powerless and disembodied, then touches Harry's scar, causing pain to Harry. Voldemort then frees Harry and forces him to a duel. As they duel, their spell cause the effect of Priori Incantatem. The spirits of people killed by Voldemort's wand, Harry's parents, Cedric and Frank Bryce, exit out of Voldemort's wand and watch the two fight. Harry's father tells him that as soon as the connection is broken, they shall create a diversion to hold Voldemort and the Death Eaters for a few seconds so Harry can get back to the cup. Cedric asks him to bring his body back. Harry does not break contact until his mother orders him to do so. The spirits create the said diversion, giving Harry enough time to get to Cedric's body and summon the Triwizard Cup with the Accio spell and then teleport to Hogwarts. Voldemort roars with fury when his plan fails.

Upon Harry's arrival at Hogwarts, the entire community and the the two other schools express horror when they see Cedric's corpse and hear Harry's testimony that Voldemort has returned. Moody secretly takes Harry away from the maze and into his office, where he reveals himself to be behind all the events of the year; it was he who put Harry's name in the Goblet, suggested that Hagrid take Harry into the woods to see the dragons, informed Cedric how to discover the clue in the Golden egg, gave Neville Longbottom the book about Gillyweed, bewitched Viktor in the maze, and made the Triwizard Cup a Portkey.

Dumbledore, realising that the real Moody would not get Harry away from him, forcibly breaks into his office with Snape and McGonagall, and disarms him. After Snape forces Veritaserum upon Moody, the latter indicates a magical trunk where the professors and Harry discover the real Moody. The Polyjuice Potion wears off and the impostor is revealed to be Bartemius Crouch Jr, who impersonated Moody to access Hogwarts, arranged events to ensure Harry made it to the third task, and also stole from Snape's stores. The professors and Harry leave the room and Snape stays to guard Bartemius, his wand pointed at the latter's face; Bartemius makes a final snake-like flick of his tongue, his trademark move.

A Memorial Feast is held at the Great Hall, in memory of Cedric, where Dumbledore announces, against the Minister's will, that Voldemort is back once more. Afterwards Harry, Ron and Hermione reflect on events knowing that Hogwarts will never be the same.

Cast

Main cast members

Actor Role
Daniel Radcliffe Harry Potter
Rupert Grint Ron Weasley
Emma Watson Hermione Granger
Michael Gambon Albus Dumbledore
Maggie Smith Minerva McGonagall
Alan Rickman Severus Snape
Robbie Coltrane Rubeus Hagrid
Brendan Gleeson Alastor Moody
Warwick Davis Filius Flitwick
David Bradley Argus Filch
Paul Bannon Wizard teacher
Shirley Henderson Moaning Myrtle
Gary Oldman Sirius Black
Mark Williams Arthur Weasley
Ralph Fiennes Lord Voldemort
Timothy Spall Peter Pettigrew
David Tennant Barty Crouch Jr.
Jason Isaacs Lucius Malfoy
Ashley Artus Walden Macnair
Paschal Friel Nott
Philip Rham Crabbe
Richard Rosson Avery
Alex Palmer Goyle[2]
Olivia Higginbottom Unidentified Female Death Eater
Barry Dowden Unidentified Male Death Eater at the Riddle Graveyard (I) (uncredited)
Paul Davies Death Eater (uncredited)
Michael Kilgarriff Death Eater (voice, uncredited)
Tiana Benjamin Angelina Johnson
Alfie Enoch Dean Thomas
James Phelps Fred Weasley
Oliver Phelps George Weasley
Bonnie Wright Ginny Weasley
Sara Bispham Gryffindor Girl (uncredited)
Mona Khalili Gryffindor Girl (uncredited)
Melanie Bright Gryffindor Student (uncredited)
Daniel Larner Gryffindor Student (uncredited)
Matthew Lewis Neville Longbottom
William Melling Nigel Wolpert
Shefali Chowdhury Parvati Patil
Devon Murray Seamus Finnigan
Jade Persaud-Walters Gryffindor Student (uncredited)
Jamal Hue-Bonner Gryffindor Student (uncredited)
Robert Pattinson Cedric Diggory
Louis Doyle Ernie Macmillan
Charlotte Skeoch Hannah Abbott
Siobhan Ellen Williams Hufflepuff Girl (uncredited)
Jack Bagley Stebbins (scenes deleted and uncredited)
Katie Leung Cho Chang
Afshan Azad Padma Patil
Jessica Foden, Emily Aitcheson[3] and another Unknown Actress Cho Chang's friends (uncredited)
Joel Babbington Ravenclaw Student (uncredited)
Henry Lloyd-Hughes Roger Davies
Lilian France S. Fawcett (scenes deleted and uncredited)
Tom Felton Draco Malfoy
Josh Herdman Gregory Goyle
Jamie Waylett Vincent Crabbe
Emily Grace Slytherin Girl (uncredited)
Mala Su Mabey George Weasley's dance partner (uncredited) (Possibly a student of Beauxbatons)
Sarah Harrison Schoolgirl
Lucy Elworthy School Girl
Jake Addley School Boy
Carly Houston Student
Sophie Lamont Schoolchild
Christina Cuttell School Girl
Kelsey Gallagher Schoolchild
Joanne Sandi Student
Katie Dorrington Hogwarts student
Kaya Lockiby-Belgrave Hogwarts student (uncredited)
Hannah Cornish student
Frances de la Tour Olympe Maxime
Ian Whyte Olympe Maxime (full-body shots)
Clémence Poésy Fleur Delacour
Angelica Mandy Gabrielle Delacour
Simpson McKendry (uncredited), Lucy Casson, Arielle Brown, Emma de Vees,[4] Janine Craig, Funda Onal, Alexandra Craig, Danielle Crockford, Jo Simpson and 3 Unknown Actresses Beauxbatons girls
Predrag Bjelac Igor Karkaroff (credited as "Predja Bjelac")
Tolga Safer Igor Karkaroff's aide
Stanislav Ianevski Viktor Krum
Oliver Miceli, Ponciano Almeida, Anthony Trahearn, Aaron Sillis, Mark Franks, Greg Kolpakchi, Lee Knight and an Unknown Actor Durmstrang boys
Robert Hardy Cornelius Fudge
Roger Lloyd-Pack Barty Crouch Sr.
Jeff Rawle Amos Diggory
Alan Watts Assistant Judge
Campbell Graham Unidentified Ministry Wizard (I)
Liam McKenna Ministry Wizard[5]
Christopher Whittingham Ministry Wizard
David Sterne Minstry Wizard[6]
Flip Webster Minstry Witch[7]
Anne Lacy Minstry Witch[8]
Su Elliot Minstry Witch[9]
Sheila Allen Minstry Witch[10]
Amelia Parillon-Samuel Dancer and other roles
Steve Mackey Donaghan Tremlett
Margery Mason Food trolley lady
Tom Verrchia Gabrielle Delacour's Yule Ball dance partner
Steven Claydon Gideon Crumb
Caroline Rovina Gregory Goyle's Yule Ball dance partner
Jason Buckle Heathcote Barbary
Jonny Greenwood Kirley Duke
Jarvis Cocker Myron Wagtail
Phil Selway Orsino Thruston
Miranda Richardson Rita Skeeter
Phil Mulryne Troy
Lisa Osmond Quidditch Supporter/Death Eater Victim
Alex Argenti Igor Karkaroff's Yule Ball partner
Dominic Rowntree Supporting Artist
Ann Ogden Dancer
Michael Salami Dancer (uncredited)
Lia Alu Witch
Amie Kirby Dancer
Sam Morris Marcus Turner
Luke Harrison Quidditch Player
Cheri Darbon Irish Quidditch Fan
Adrian Rawlins James Potter
Geraldine Somerville Lily Potter
Eric Sykes Frank Bryce
Gizmo, Ook, and Sprout Hedwig
Crackerjack Crookshanks
Maximus, Alanis and Cornilus Mrs Norris
Oreo Crow
Robert Wilfort Bozo

Unidentified cast members

Actor Role
Unknown Actress Murcus
Unknown Owl Sirius Black's owl
Unknown Dog Fang
Unidentified Actress Female Hogwarts teacher
Unidentified Actress Healer
Unknown Actress Eloise Midgeon (uncredited)
Unknown Actor Ivan Volkov
Unknown Actor Lev Zograf
Unknown Actress Moran
Unknown Actor Mullet
Unknown Actor Pyotr Vulchanov
Unknown Actor Quigley
Unknown Actor Vasily Dimitrov
Unknown Actor Aidan Lynch
Unknown Actor Alexei Levski
Unknown Actor Barry Ryan
Unknown Actress Clara Ivanova
Unknown Actor Connolly
Unknown Actor Sonny Ward student

Non-notable cast members

Actor Role
Alex Brock[11] Extra
Jenny Crosdale[12]
Xorael Harrison[13]
Liam Darbon
Luke Robertson
Jack Coleby
Leon Garner
Tom Cox
Laura Bryan
Kyle Cluett
Greg Moore
Aston Scott
Frankie Chilakalaka Party Guest

Differences from the book

Chapter 1. The Riddle House

  • Frank Bryce's history is omitted completely from the film. The film also erroneously calls him a "caretaker", rather than a gardener.
  • In the book, Frank walks with a walking stick, but in the movie, though he still appears to be stiff legged, he does not use any implements to help him walk.
  • In the book, the Riddle House is described as having a stone staircase, but in the movie, it is an old rickety wooden staircase.
  • In the book, Frank is invited into the room and killed when he demands Voldemort to show himself. In the film, Voldemort does not tell Wormtail to beckon Bryce, but tells him to stand aside and merely kills Bryce at the spot where he was standing.
  • Bertha Jorkins' role in the film is taken out entirely, which effectively removes much of the backstory in the main plot of the story. Under the story portrayed for the film, Barty Crouch Jr has seemingly "escaped" Azkaban without any explanation at all and Voldemort already knows about the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, despite having no source that could have told him these things. It is possible that Wormtail heard some rumours about these events while disguised as a rat, which he was able to relay to his master.
  • In the film, Voldemort, Wormtail and Barty Crouch Jr discuss their plans together in the Riddle House. In the book, Barty Crouch Jr is not present at all and only learned about the plot after the World Cup had concluded.
  • Barty Crouch Jr does not have straw-coloured hair in the film, but is portrayed with Tennant's natural hair colour.

Chapter 2. The Scar

  • The Dursleys are completely omitted from the film and there is no reference to them at any point in the film.
  • Due to timing changes, Harry is awakened by his hurting scar in the Burrow and finds Hermione looking at him, rather than Mrs Weasley waking them up. The dialogue from Hermione also indicates that she is waking them up for the trek to the Portkey that will take them to the Quidditch World Cup, thus Harry does not have a chance to write a letter to Sirius about the dream he had. He writes after the World Cup, while on the Hogwarts Express, at Hermione's insistence.
  • Instead of waking up in the Dursley's house after his dream as in the novel, Harry instead wakes up at the Burrow.

Chapter 3. The Invitation

  • As the Dursleys are omitted, the invitation from Molly Weasley with all the stamps shown in the chapter illustration is unseen in the film.

Chapter 4. Back to the Burrow

  • Since the Dursleys are omitted, the incident the Weasley twins caused with Dudley, and the argument they get into with their parents was omitted also.

Chapter 5. Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes

Chapter 6. The Portkey

  • There is a continuity error in Hermione's dialogue: she says that she had only just arrived, but the book had already indicated she was at the Burrow long before Harry had arrived there.
  • In the film, Arthur Weasley has the whole party going with him, but in the book, only the youngest are travelling with him, as the eldest can Apparate to the Quidditch World Cup.
  • Additionally, the film seems to suggest that the entire outing is a surprise by Arthur and that nobody actually knows where they are going, since Ron asks "Dad, where are we going?", to which Arthur casually replies, "Haven't the foggiest... Keep up!"
  • The film portrays Amos Diggory in a different manner to that of the book. In the film, he is portrayed as a nice man with an affable personality and does not boast about Cedric in any way. This was likely done because Cedric was not introduced in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film), and to create sympathy towards Amos as a character at the film's conclusion.
  • In the film, just as the Portkey is about to leave, Mr Weasley tells Harry to grab the boot. There is also no explanation by anyone as to what a Portkey even does: Fred just states that the boot is a Portkey. Additionally, with the exception of Cedric, Amos and Arthur, all of the others fall flat into the ground, with the former flying graciously through the air.

Chapter 7. Bagman and Crouch

  • The entire role of Ludo Bagman was removed from the film. As a result, every scene throughout the film which involved him is removed from the film. This means that Fred and George's bet is not included.
  • Also, due to Bagman not being in the movie, the commentary of the World Cup is done by Cornelius Fudge and Barty Crouch Snr takes upon the role of judging in all tasks of the Triwizard Tournament.
  • Due to Percy Weasley being omitted from the film, there is no mention at all of his new job in the Ministry of Magic.
  • The camp for the Quidditch World Cup is indicated to be an all-wizard location, though some scenes show Muggles being levitated.
  • In the book, every entrant must "check in" with a Ministry official: these scenes are removed in the film.
  • The film already shows the tent erected for them, which means that there is no scene where they erect it manually.
  • The film portrays Barty Crouch Snr as having a nice, but stiff and professional, persona: this is different from the book where he is portrayed as harsh and strict, as well as a sticker for rules and regulations.
    • Due to the change in personality, the backstory of Crouch Snr being a former Minister for Magic candidate was left out of the film entirely.
  • There is no scene in the film before the World Cup match involving the party meeting Crouch Snr.

Chapter 8. The Quidditch World Cup

  • The Veela mascots are omitted from the film entirely, while Leprechauns as mascots was minimised heavily. Instead, the Irish National Quidditch team creates a glittering firework of a leprechaun, which is obliterated by the Bulgarian National Quidditch team flying through it.
  • The film only shows the teams entering the pitch and Fudge starting the match, with just a vague reference in the following scenes as to who "won" the match (specifically, Fred and George initially assuming the loud commotion caused by the Death Eaters outside was the Irish celebrating their pride before Arthur Weasley bursts in and states they need to leave immediately while correcting them that the Irish aren't responsible for the commotion.).
  • The Weasleys only stand in the normal areas and not in the Top Box, and appear to support both sides.
  • Narcissa Malfoy does not appear in the film.
  • Since the match is nearly all omitted from the film, the scene in which the Death Eaters attack the camp is slightly different: the family is already awake and dancing around the tent, but it was originally filmed with Arthur Weasley needing to go and wake people up.

Chapter 9. The Dark Mark

  • The film omits the wood scenes entirely. Therefore, Winky does not exist anywhere in the film and instead of his identity being hidden from the viewer until the very end, Barty Crouch Jr just seems to turn up randomly in the wrecked camp area to cast Morsmordre. This also changed how Harry was separated from the others: he is knocked unconscious by other spectators and wakes after the attack appears to have stopped.
  • Due to the omission of the World Cup, Harry does not lose his wand. As a result, Crouch Jr already appears in possession of a wand, which he would need to have stolen from someone at some point before he cast Morsmordre. Additionally, the spell was cast after the attack on the camp site to signify murder, rather than being used to scare away the Death Eaters for disloyalty to Lord Voldemort.
  • Harry tells Crouch Snr about the unknown man who cast the spell in the film, rather than Hermione.

Chapter 10. Mayhem at the Ministry

  • Most of the scenes that take place in the Burrow after the World Cup are omitted from the film, with the newspaper report about "Ministry Messups" being mentioned by Hermione on the train to Hogwarts instead.
  • Ron receives his dress robes via Errol in the film from Nigel Wolpert, rather than being given to him by Mrs Weasley, as she was omitted.

Chapter 11. Aboard the Hogwarts Express

  • The scenes on the Hogwarts Express are slightly different in the film. In the book, the compartment that the trio are sitting in is right next to Draco Malfoy, who overhears their conversations and drops subtle hints about the Triwizard Tournament. Additionally, several of Harry's friends enter the compartment before Malfoy enters.
  • Ron attempts to purchase a packet of Drooble's Best Blowing Gum and a Liquorice Wand, but only has enough for the Drooble's.

Chapter 12. The Triwizard Tournament

  • There is no scene with Peeves throwing water balloons at the arriving students as they enter the Great Hall, as Peeves is not featured in the films.
  • In the books, the students of Hogwarts always change into their robes on the train, but in the film, the students are still wearing normal Muggle attire when the delegation of students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang arrive, which oddly occurs on the first day of school in the movie, rather than at the Hallowe'en Feast.
  • The order of house tables in the film is different to how they appear in the book. In the film, the tables are ordered as "Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, Slytherin", whereas this is "Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor" in the book.
  • The composite, movie only, character Nigel Wolpert replaces the characters Colin and Dennis Creevey, who were written out of the films.
  • Padma Patil is erroneously depicted as being a Gryffindor student in the films, when she is actually a Ravenclaw student in the book. Additionally, she and Parvati are fraternal twins whereas they're identical in the book.
  • Filius Flitwick sits next to Hagrid in the film, rather than next to Pomona Sprout (whose only appearances in the film series are the second and eighth films. (This also includes a scene in which Hagrid stabs Flitwick's hand by accident with a fork)
  • The character of Nearly Headless Nick is written out of the film for the second time.
  • In the book, Mad-Eye Moody enters the Great Hall through the doors (it's not said if it's the main entrance or the doors at the back); in the film, he enters definitely through the door at the back. The movies, and later the video games, make this back room the Trophy Room, so he could not have possibly entered the school through this route, although it's possible that he used the Floo Network or broke into the school. Additionally, his presence is only known to all people in the school when he casts a spell into the Enchanted Ceiling to calm it down from a storm, rather than the doors flying open and everyone turning to look.
  • Moody's appearance in the film differs from that in the book. In the books, Moody is described as having a long mane of grizzled grey hair, with his magical eye being simply a gigantic eye in his eye socket. In the movie, he has a greyish blonde, seemingly shorter mane of hair with his magical eye being reminiscent of an eye patch. According to production on the film, the film makers originally tried multiple looks for Moody, including one that was relatively similar to how he was described in the books, but ultimately settled on his final look in the finished films.
  • Due to the removal of scenes at the Burrow, the explanation of the word "Auror" is given by Ron Weasley after Dean Thomas asks what it means. Additionally, Seamus Finnegan ponders out loud on the contents of Moody's hip-flask, which is given through thoughts and descriptions in the book from Harry himself.
  • In the book, Fred Weasley yells “You’re JOKING” when Dumbledore announces the Triwizard Tournament. In the movie, he and George both say in union (though much more quietly, “Wicked!” and do not cause the school to roar or Dumbledore to tell of his joke about the troll, hag and leprechaun at the bar that he heard over the summer.
  • In the film version, Barty Crouch Snr co-explains some of the rules of the Tournament with Dumbledore. Fred & George react a lot more strongly towards the no-one-under-the-age-of-17 rule by yelling “That’s rubbish!” as opposed to the book where they just gave angry glares. Neither Crouch nor Dumbledore forewarn the students about hoodwinking the Goblet of Fire. Hermione merely tells Fred and George about the Age-line and its purpose when the two attempt to bypass it. There is also no mention of the Tournament’s history in the film.
  • There is no mention of the thousand galleon prize money won from the tournament in the film version. It is merely stated that whoever wins the tournament will have “eternal glory” meaning that they will be greatly prized, which could include large amounts of money.
  • Harry & co. walking up to the Gryffindor dormitory and discussing ways to bypass the Age-line with Fred and George, along with Neville falling through the invisible step on the Grand Staircase, and later meeting with Dean and Seamus in their dormitory is omitted. Harry & Ron do discuss what it would be like to enter and win the tournament right before Fred and George attempt to enter their names, however. One can also see Dean’s West Ham football among other memorabilia in the boys’ dormitory in the later scene when Harry and Ron argue over Harry’s entry in the Triwizard Tournament.

Chapter 13. Mad-Eye Moody

  • The only lesson seen in the film is the lesson by Mad-Eye Moody in which he explains and demonstrates the Unforgivable Curses.
  • The scene where Draco Malfoy is transfigured into a ferret is slightly altered in the film. In the book it takes place indoors whereas in the film, it takes place outdoors in the transfiguration Courtyard. In the book, Draco harasses Ron about an article in the Daily Prophet about his father, and Harry replies by asking Draco if his mother wears a contemptible expression when he's around. In the film, Draco harasses Harry about a bet his father and he have made about how long he'll last in the tournament, to which Harry responds by telling Draco, "I don't give a damn what you're father thinks, he's vile and cruel and you're just pathetic!" In both cases, it ends with Draco trying to curse Harry only to be transfigured by Moody.

Chapter 14. The Unforgivable Curses

  • During the DADA class, Moody addresses Lavender Brown by saying "You need to put that away, Miss Brown, when I'm talking.". This line is changed in the film to address Seamus Finnegan by saying "You need to find a better place to put your chewing gum besides the underside of your desk Mr Finnigan!".
  • In the film, Moody demonstrates the three Unforgivable Curses on a single spider, ultimately killing it. In the book, he uses a different spider for each one. Additionally, he is also shown using the Imperius Curse on students - despite it being illegal to do - in order to teach them how to overcome its effects.
  • In the book, when Moody asks Hermione about the last curse, she very quietly replies in fear. In the film, she's unwilling to even say what the curse is.

Chapter 15. Beauxbatons and Durmstrang

  • The film implies that Durmstrang is an all-boy school and Beauxbatons all-girl. However, in the book, there is a boy in Beauxbatons and a girl in Durmstrang.
  • There is no reference made to Fleur Delacour being a part-Veela in the film, though all the students from Beauxbatons are shown to be very attractive. Additionally, the film also depicts the Beauxbatons students being a happy group rather than sullen and unhappy, even depicting the Beuaxbatons giving suggestive sighs during their entrance.
  • The students from Hogwarts greet the visitors from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang at the Front Hall in the book, but in the film, the Hogwarts residents sit in the Great Hall and the guests enter the hall in dramatic style.

Chapter 16. The Goblet of Fire

  • The Goblet of Fire's appearance differs in the book, whereby it is seen as a small cup that is pulled out of a casket, whereas in the film, it's hidden behind a large frame and cannot seemingly be moved.
  • Only Fred and George Weasley attempt to circumvent the Age Line that is placed around the Goblet of Fire in the film. Additionally, when the potion goes wrong, they begin fighting with a cheering crowd, whereas they simply take it in their stride and go to Madam Pomfrey in the book.

Chapter 17. The Four Champions

  • The room at the back of the hall is unnamed in the book, but in the films and video games, this is stated to be the Trophy Room.
  • Dumbledore's reaction to Harry's name exiting the Goblet is completely different. In the book, he remains calm and passively asks Harry whether he put his name into the Goblet. In the film, he acts much more angrily towards Harry, running down into the Trophy Room with some of the other teachers, and even pushing him into a bunch of trophies in the room to demand an answer from Harry about the name. This particular difference has come under scrutiny from fans of the book, to the point of becoming a meme and the subject of merciless ridicule. There has even been a fan-made gif in response of Richard Harris Dumbledore calmly asking Harry as he does in the book proper that has been well-received.
  • All of the Slytherins in the book support Cedric Diggory, but it is never brought up in the film.
  • In the book, only the Gryffindors accept Harry's name being drawn from the cup, with the exception of Ron. However, the film additionally includes Cedric as someone accepting Harry's name.

Chapter 18. The Weighing of the Wands

  • Harry and Draco's attempted attacks on each other with the spells Furnunculus and Densuageo, respectively, are omitted.
  • Harry receives the letter from Sirius in the Gryffindor Tower in the book, but in the film, he receives it in the Owlery. Additionally, the owl in the film has a tendency to bite people, which the owl in the book does not do.

Chapter 19. The Hungarian Horntail

  • The speech error by Hagrid, where he incorrectly says "Bong-sewer", is not shown in the film, as he correctly says "Bonsoir".
  • Hermione struggles to deliver a message to Harry from Ron due to the length, barely saying it the first time, and ultimately cuts to the chase the second time after Harry expressed confusion from the lengthy message, and also gets angry when Harry attempts to have her relay a message to Ron that she's not an owl. This was not from the book.
  • Charlie's appearance in the forest is omitted, though Hagrid mentions him. This also includes Charlie congratulating Harry after the task is completed.

Chapter 20. The First Task

  • Hermione hugs Harry just before the First Task begins, with Rita's photographer capturing the moment and trying to suggest that there is romance between them. This does not happen in the book.
  • The method in which Harry completes the First Task differs substantially between the various media's. In the book, he uses a clever and skilled flying strategy, but in the film, the dragon escapes the safety of the arena and chases Harry all over Hogwarts, before Harry tricks the dragon into hitting a bridge. Additionally, Hermione has to remind Harry to use his wand in the film, but does not require this reminder in the book.
  • The score by the judge's at the end of the task is completely omitted, with only a very vague reference to a leaderboard in place at the Second Task by Dumbledore.
  • The scene in which Ron and Harry make up takes place in the celebration party at the Common Room, rather than outside in the Grounds. Also, while Harry instantly forgives Ron in the book he doesn't seem ready to immediately in the film.

Chapter 21. The House-Elf Libertation Front

  • There is no mention about Rita being banned from Hogwarts for her harassing stories about students of the school, due to Rita's role being severely reduced in the film. This additionally includes a scene in which Rita attempts to get an interview with Hagrid during a Care of Magical Creatures lesson.
  • Additionally, there is absolutely no reference in the film series to the prejudice against house-elves or the "Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare", the society that Hermione created. The entire subplot is not acknowledged in later films, due to the removal of non-important elves.

Chapter 22. The Unexpected Task

  • Harry and Ron spend much more time trying to figure out who to ask to the Yule Ball in the book than they do in the film.

Chapter 23. The Yule Ball

  • Draco Malfoy is briefly seen with an unidentified Beauxbatons girl due to Pansy Parkinson being written out of the film.
  • Hermione's hair is not in a neat bun and her dress is pink, rather than periwinkle blue. This caused a ridiculous amount of fan backlash claiming wearing pink is uncharacteristic of her.
  • Ron complaints that he "smells" and "looks" like his great aunt Tessie in the film, but there is no such reference in the book.
  • Harry's dress robes are black, rather than bottle green, in the film.
  • Percy Weasley's lines of dialogue in the book where he takes over for Mr Crouch as a tournament judge are omitted entirely from the film, due to the omission of Percy as a character from the film adaptation.
    • As such Mr Crouch attends the Yule Ball in the film adaptation, unlike the book.
  • Parvati Patil leaves Harry for a Durmstrang student, rather than a Beauxbatons student, due to the film making Beauxbatons an all-girl school.
  • The scenes in which Hagrid reveals to Olympe Maxime that he is a half-giant, and Igor Karkaroff showing his Dark Mark to Severus Snape, are placed in different parts of the film, rather than being found out secretively from Harry and Ron eavesdropping on their conversations in the grounds at the time of the Ball.
    • Due to these changes, there are no mentions whatsoever to the scandal that followed when Rita revealed information about Hagrid to the public.
    • The scene where Snape and Karkaroff secretly meet regarding the Dark Mark and Harry witnessing it secretly was part of the deleted scenes, although only Harry bore witness to it. Snape also ends up busting two students who decided to become amorous to each other in one of the coaches (the same one that Harry was hiding behind) and docks points from Hufflepuff as a result in this scene.

Chapter 24. Rita Skeeter's Scoop

  • A continuity error develops in the succeeding film due to the removal of Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank from this film. In the book she took over Hagrid's teaching duties while Hagrid was hiding in his cabin out of fear after Rita Skeeter's article about Hagrid was released to the public.

Chapter 25. The Egg and the Eye

  • Harry hiding under the Cloak to avoid Snape never happens in the final cut but was filmed.

Chapter 26. The Second Task

  • The scenes in which Harry receives the Gillyweed are somewhat different to match with the removal of Dobby. Neville steals the Gillyweed from Snape's store cupboard, having learned of its existence from a book given to him by Moody earlier in the film (which is additionally titled Magical Plants of the Highland Loch, instead of Magical Plants of the Mediterranean) and provides Harry with the substance just before he and Harry head onto a boat.
  • The champions jump into the lake from platforms built out in the middle of the Black Lake, instead of entering the lake from the shoreline. This was to make this scene look more interesting.
  • Harry does not meet Moaning Myrtle in the lake during the task.
  • Harry rescues Ron and Gabrielle Delacour using his wand, rather than picking up a jagged rock.
  • Crouch Snr is erroneously depicted as being a judge of the Second Task and is also shown congratulating Harry for his efforts. These changes are due to the removal of Percy and Ludo Bagman from the film. Largely because of this, Crouch Snr has a heart-to-heart talk with Harry about lost loved ones and how life goes on, something that Crouch Snr not only didn't do in the book, but also would have been uncharacteristic of him to do.
    • Crouch Snr also has a brief encounter with Mad-Eye Moody where the latter alludes to an incident at the Department of Mysteries where one of the new recruits never came out, before making a certain facial gesture that was all too familiar to Bartemius Crouch Snr (see below) and causes Crouch Snr to become spooked.

Chapter 27. Padfoot Returns

  • Snape accuses Harry of stealing the Gillyweed after Harry catches sight of Karkaroff's Dark Mark, which occurs after Harry has spoken with Dumbledore about the scenes in the Pensieve. Additionally, Snape's store cupboard is represented as a dingy closest off a corridor instead of being in his office.
  • Due to Sirius Black not returning to the castle in the film, the secret meeting the trio had with him in a Cave near Hogsmeade where they learned about Barty Crouch Snr's background and his son was removed, although a similar scene was used in place of the film where Sirius Black contacts Harry via the fireplace and has him alluding to Barty Crouch Snr's sentencing of his son.
  • The identity of Moody in the film is made clear to the viewer before the film has completed, during the scene in the Pensieve. When Crouch Jr is brought in front of his father, he performs a tell-tale "tongue flick", which has been seen multiple times before this point by "Moody". In the book, the identity of Moody is unknown until the very end, which means that viewers will already know that Moody is actually Crouch Jr before the reveal in the film.

Chapter 28. The Madness of Mr Crouch

  • Crouch Snr's death is portrayed a little differently in the film. Instead of being killed simply for escaping and to be prevented from warning Dumbledore, he is killed by Moody (actually Crouch Jr in disguise) to hide the fact that Crouch Snr had discovered who Moody actually was. Additionally, his body is found by Harry while hiking with Ron, Hermione and Hagrid, rather than being eradicated and transfigured into a bone to cover up his death.

Chapter 29. The Dream

  • There are no references to a dream Harry has whereby he sees Voldemort punishing Wormtail for failing to monitor Crouch Snr as Crouch Snr is not captured in the film version.
  • In the book, Fudge's argument with Dumbledore was over the mystery of what happened to Crouch Snr. In the film however, as Crouch Snr's death was known, it was instead over whether to cancel the tournament, which Fudge was refusing to do as he was afraid people would see him as a coward.
    • Because of the different circumstances to Crouch Snr's death, Fudge's wild accusations that Olympe Maxime may have killed Crouch Snr as a result of her being "half-giant" during his argument with Dumbledore was completely omitted.

Chapter 30. The Pensieve

  • In the film, Harry stumbles upon the Pensieve by accident due to being bitten at by various Licorice Snaps (which Dumbledore had earlier warned about by stating they were "a wee bit sharp").
  • The Dementors are not seen taking away anyone from the court room.
  • The Pensieve memory scenes are altered significantly in the film:
    • Moody has his magical eye, with his implying that Evan Rosier took his original eye in the duel that resulted in his death, while in the book, it was his nose that got destroyed by Rosier before his death.
    • There are no references to Crouch Jr supposedly having "died" in Azkaban.
    • Karkaroff "grasses up" Crouch Jr for having tortured Alice and Frank Longbottom, and Crouch Jr does not make any effort to deny the accusations, even openly showcasing his proudness for doing it as well as sarcastically "greeting" his father upon being caught.
      • Karkaroff also initially shocks the present audience when divulging the name, before clarifying that he meant his son.
    • Harry only sees the trial involving Karkaroff.
    • Crouch Snr appears to be horrified at having to send his son to Azkaban, instead of being proud at doing so.
  • Dumbledore and Harry's discussion of what Harry saw in the Pensieve and his dreams is for unknown reasons cut short and Dumbledore leaves Harry with an uncharacteristic resolution (to "cast them away") instead of explaining about the dreams being a result of Voldemort cursing him with his scar and also wishing him luck on the final challenge.
    • Largely because of the aforementioned dreams explicitly including Barty Crouch Jr. in the films when he was absent in the books, Harry also proceeds to explain to Dumbledore Crouch's presence in the dreams, with it being implied that Dumbledore has an eureka moment regarding figuring out what had actually happened regarding the Triwizard Cup as a result.

Chapter 31. The Third Task

  • Largely due to the aforementioned moving of Karkaroff's interaction with Snape over their reappearing Dark Mark tattoos, Harry instead stumbles upon them in the storehouse of Snape's potions classroom. Also because of this, Snape's threat to Harry about slipping veritaserum into his pumpkin juice should he try to steal any more ingredients for Polyjuice potion and/or gillyweed was moved to this instance, when originally, it occurred much earlier while Harry was in the classroom.
  • The Maze appears to sprawl across an entire valley, rather than being confined to the Quidditch Stadium. Additionally, the Triwizard Cup's location in the Maze is unknown in the film.
  • Amos Diggory is fleetingly shown attending the final task with Arthur Weasley, which is due to Bill and Molly Weasley not being in the film.
  • Cedric's mother is omitted from the film and there are no references to her, either.
  • There are no creatures present in the Maze, so many scenes involving creatures and other such obstacles are omitted from the film. To compensate for the lack of creatures, such as Blast-Ended Skrewts and the Sphinx, the hedges themselves are the obstacle, which are bewitched to frequently change the routes available to the champions, blow large winds down pathways if certain spells are used and to tie up the champions.
  • Krum uses the Cruciatus Curse on Cedric in the book, but attempts to hit Cedric what appears to be the Killing Curse or a green-colored Stunning Spell in the movie. However, the Stunning Spell in the film was shown to be coloured red.
  • There is practically no argument over who should take the Cup, as both grab it before the Maze swallows them up (although it is unknown if they would have been okay or not if they'd let the Maze swallow them up).
  • Barty Crouch Jr and Wormtail call Lord Voldemort as such, which is something that never occurs in the books.

Chapter 32. Flesh, Blood and Bone

  • Cedric says "Who are you? What do you want?!" before he is killed.
  • A large, sinister, statue of the angel of death wielding a scythe is animated to trap Harry, rather than ordinary ropes being conjured.
  • In the novel, Wormtail tied Harry to Tom Riddle Snr's gravestone so tightly and gagged him that he could neither move nor speak. In the film, Wormtail levitated Harry high above the tombstone (which has a statue of the angel of death) and had the statue hold Harry with a neck-lock via the scythe, and left just enough room for Harry for him to scream.
  • The manner in which Voldemort is reborn differs between the film and the novel. In the novel, Voldemort rises from the cauldron naked and is clothed by Wormtail. In the film, the cauldron dissolved in flame and quickly merged with Voldemort, making him appear dressed in the black robes already. This was done for censorship reasons.

Chapter 33. The Death Eaters

  • Voldemort's robes materialise from the smoke, rather than being given to him by Wormtail (as explained above). This was done for censorship reasons.
  • Voldemort's eyes are blue, rather than red, due to more emotion being available from blue eyes than red.
  • In the book, when Voldemort forces Wormtail to expose his Death Eater tattoo arm to summon the Death Eaters, Wormtail proceeds to beg Voldemort not to do so before screaming in agony over Voldemort jabbing his wand onto the tattoo. The movie has Wormtail being silent throughout the entire sequence, although he nonetheless expressed non-verbal terror when realising what Voldemort was intended to do.
  • Voldemort torturing Avery was removed from the final cut of the film.
  • A large part of the "history" lesson provided by Voldemort is omitted in the final cut of the film (some of it may be in the unreleased scenes) though he does explain a small portion of what happened to him after he notices Harry.
  • Additionally, he touches Cedric's face with his foot to which Harry yells "GET AWAY FROM HIM!!" causing Voldemort to notice him.
  • Voldemort touches Harry's scar, rather than his cheek, presumably to cause pain to Harry.

Chapter 34. Priori Incantatem

  • There is no levitation of Harry and Voldemort during the effect of Priori Incantatem.
  • There are a few changes in the duel between Harry and Voldemort that follow Voldemort's rebirth. In the film adaptation, Bertha Jorkins doesn't appear with the echo of James and Lily Potter, Cedric Diggory, and Frank Bryce when Harry's wand and Voldemort's connected, despite being the victim he used to convert Nagini into a living Horcrux. Bertha Jorkins's story was omitted altogether from the film, due to timing reasons.
  • In the novel, the echo of Frank Bryce voices to Harry his shock that he was killed by a wizard and tells Harry to stand his ground, but doesn't say anything in the film.

Chapter 35. Veritaserum

  • When Harry returns to Hogwarts with Cedric's body, he begins crying over Cedric instead of being unable to cry like in the book.
  • Harry learns about Moody being responsible for putting Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire after he drops large hints about certain events that occurred throughout the film as well as Moody being privy to key details about Voldemort's revival that he should not have any knowledge about due to Harry never mentioning it (specifically, his asking about whether the other Death Eaters made it to the graveyard), rather than being told directly by Moody that he had been responsible.
    • On a similar note, Harry in the film does not learn that the "Moody" that was at Hogwarts had been an imposter until after Dumbledore opens up the seventh chest compartment and finds him inside, while in the book, Harry learns from Dumbledore directly that the "Moody" at Hogwarts had in fact been an imposter while Harry lamented Moody's treacherous nature, citing that the real Moody would never have taken Harry away from the field without Dumbledore's permission.
    • Moreover, in the movie Dumbledore doesn't notice that "Moody" took Harry away from the field. However, Fred and George were looking at "Moody" when he was walking away with Harry. This is very likely that they informed Dumbledore about it and it caused him to become suspicious.
  • Dumbledore uses the Disarming Charm, instead of the Stunning Spell, to disable the imposter Moody.
  • The imposter Moody changes back to Barty Crouch Jr as a result of running out of Polyjuice Potion, rather than never getting the chance to take the potion before being disarmed.
    • Likewise, how they deduced it was Polyjuice Potion he was using to pose as Moody was different: In the book, Dumbledore and Snape open the flask and dump the contents out and confirm what was inside the container. In the film, Snape, after Harry expresses confusion as to who was sitting behind them upon seeing Moody imprisoned inside his own container, briefly opens the flask and smells it before deducing its contents from its smell.
  • Moody's interrogation is nearly non-existent in the film. Instead of having the disguise wear off and being forced to take Veritaserum and reveal how he got there, he is given the potion while in disguise and only asked three questions regarding his identity and the real Moody.
    • Due to the entire lack of an explanation as to how Crouch Jr even got to Hogwarts in the first place, a quite large plot-hole is created, since previously, it was a huge deal when Sirius Black managed to escape the prison, but because the whole backstory about Crouch Snr switching his son with his dying wife with Polyjuice Potion and Mrs Crouch dying in place of her son, it is unknown how Crouch Jr's escape went unnoticed by anyone, much less the Dementors.
    • Additionally, Dumbledore asks McGonagall to inform Azkaban that a prisoner is missing, but he already knows that Crouch Jr was not there due to Harry's dream.

Chapter 36. The Parting of the Ways

  • The fate of Barty Crouch Jr is unknown, as he is last seen being held prisoner by his former comrade Severus Snape and his being kissed was a critical part of Fudge's denial that Voldemort was back.
    • Since the Hospital Wing scene was omitted, in which Fudge is claimed to have performed the Dementor's Kiss and was doubting the story purported by Dumbledore and Harry, it creates a strange consistency error in the next film that just makes it seem like Fudge wanted to create a random smear campaign against Harry, even though he had not been told that Voldemort had returned at any point, yet he seemed to already know this during Harry's later hearing. However, the only hint of the Ministry wishing to cover up the truth was mentioned during Dumbledore's memorial speech for Cedric.

Chapter 37. The Beginning

  • There is no memorial feast in the Great Hall: instead, Dumbledore hosts a gathering of the students with a speech to pay respect to Cedric Diggory.
  • The train ride home on the Hogwarts Express is omitted. Therefore a scene that is omitted is where Harry gives Fred and George Weasley his Triwizard Tournament winnings so they can open up their joke shop. This causes some continuity problems with the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which begs the question as to how the twins got the money to supply their dream of opening a joke shop. However, as the Weasley twins are shown gathering money from people's bets of the Triwizard Tournament throughout the film, it is possible that they could have gotten money for their joke shop through that.
  • Rita Skeeter's beetle form was omitted.
  • Hermione does not kiss Harry on the cheek before he leaves. 

Character omissions

Chapters

  1. The Riddle House
  2. The Portkey
  3. The Quidditch World Cup
  4. The Dark Mark
  5. The Triwizard Tournament
  6. The Goblet of Fire
  7. The Unforgivable Curses
  8. The Four Champions
  9. Let Events Unfold
  10. Rita Skeeter
  11. Sirius Conversation
  12. The Hungarian Horntail
  13. Transforming Malfoy
  14. The First Task
  15. Best Foot Forward
  16. An Unexpected Challenge
  17. The Yule Ball
  18. The Egg's Clue
  19. The Second Task
  20. Never Whole Again
  21. The Pensieve
  22. Dreams and Suspicions
  23. The Third Task
  24. Flesh, Blood, and Bone
  25. The Death Eaters
  26. Priori Incantatem
  27. Veritaserum
  28. Parting Ways
  29. End Credits

Mistakes

  • In the Welcoming Feast at the start of term in Hogwarts, when Mr Filch is running up to Dumbledore, he passes Ron Weasley twice.
  • Also in the Welcoming Feast, Seamus Finnigan can be seen sitting next to Ron Weasley. But later in this scene he is shown sitting next to Hermione, on the other side of the table.
  • During Moody's unforgivable curse lesson, when he writes down "unforgivable curses," the "o" in the word unforgivable is large, but when he has the spider under the Imperius Curse, the o is smaller.
  • In the scene when Moody is about to chase Draco Malfoy his staff is sticking out at an angle but when we next see it it is up straight. Also when he goes towards Draco after turning him into a ferret saying You stinking, cowardly, scummy." he is using his staff for support but after Draco says the line "My father will hear about this" and chases him he is chasing him without support.
  • When Fred throws Ron the note about the ball that is coming up soon it is written at the top of the page with four lines but when Ron reads it, it only has three lines and is in the centre of the page.
  • After the second task you can see Hermione giving up her towel to Harry, but when it cuts forth and back to Dumbledore, she has got the towel wrapped around her again. They go back to her and she just has a robe, and no towel.
  • Before the four competitors enter the maze, Amos Diggory hugs Cedric and says "Good luck, that's my boy", but his lips do not move.
  • During the maze challenge, Harry completely rips Cedric's shirt. However, just a second later, his shirt is seen only slightly ripped at places.
  • When Voldemort and Harry duel near to the end, Harry holds the wand with one hand, then a few seconds later with two. Then one again, then two, each at back and forth when it cuts.
  • During the Priori Incantatem effect, Cedric's body is seen just a couple feet away from the Portkey. A few moments later when Harry summons it, it seems a long way off.
  • Despite Percy Weasley having been omitted from the film, a person that looks very much like Percy appears briefly in the end scene where the students are saying goodbye to their guests.

Behind the scenes

  • This is the first film to be rated PG-13.
  • After filming his appearance as Barty Crouch Jr, David Tennant was cast as the tenth incarnation of The Doctor in Doctor Who. Notwithstanding a brief earlier cameo, Tennant's first solo performance as the Doctor occurred in a 7-minute mini-episode that aired during the 2005 Children in Need Appeal. This special episode was broadcast on 18 November 2005 -- the same day The Goblet of Fire was released in theatres. (In another coincidence, the Weasley's family tent, featuring during the World Cup sequence, is shown as being bigger on the inside, just like the Doctor's TARDIS. Also, both Goblet of Fire and the mini-episode feature another actor changing into David Tennant.) Funny enough, the episode in which David first appears in Doctor Who (his brief cameo) is called The Parting of The Ways. In this episode, the previous Doctor (played by Christopher Eccleston) changes into him. In the same chapter in this movie, another character (Mad-Eye Moody) changes into David Tennant.
  • Coincidentally, the first part of the seventh film Deathly Hallows, was also released on the same day as Children in Need 2010, 5 years later.
  • In the ending credits a line reads, "No Dragons were harmed in the making of this movie". This is a reference to the First task, in which Harry caused his dragon (the Hungarian Horntail) to be greatly injured in a fall.
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No dragons were harmed in the making of this film

  • In the scene when Harry warns Cedric about the dragons, Seamus can be overheard talking to Ron about how he manages to blow objects up, a running gag in other Harry Potter films.
  • The scene, where Harry wakes up after having a dream about Voldemort, when he murders Frank Bryce, was the last scene filmed.
  • This is the only film were the title appears without fading in. Instead the "Harry Potter" part pans in from the skies, and the "Goblet of Fire" letters appear through a blue flame like effect.
  • This is the third film that has no lightning during the title. The first one is Chamber of Secrets and the second one is Prisoner of Azkaban. This may be a result of the new director, hired after the second film.
  • This is the second of only two films in which the title is not placed in between clouds (the first being Prisoner of Azkaban).
  • In the book, Cedric sends sparks into the air to notify that someone needed help. The spell was not known in the book, but in the film, the spell is revealed to be Periculum.
  • Last Harry Potter film series to feature Quidditch until Half-Blood Prince. It is seen in this film, but only the World Cup is shown.
  • First appearance of Honeydukes Express lady since Philosopher's Stone.
  • The Hogwarts song mentioned in the book version of Philosopher's Stone appears in the film as a deleted scene.
  • It is interesting to note that the majority of the main and supporting males had the longest hair of any of the eight films in this movie.
  • The reflection of Nagini slithering by can be seen in the WB logo at the beginning of the movie.
  • This is the only Harry Potter film not to feature Julie Walters as Molly Weasley.
  • Robert Pattinson is the only actor who has been in both the Harry Potter and Twilight Films, and supposedly, he has stated if he had never starred in Twilight, he would have hated it and even though he liked playing both characters, a small rumour has been floating around that he prefers Cedric.

Home video release dates

  • 7 March, 2006: Canada, United States
  • 10 March, 2006: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay
  • 17 March, 2006: Singapore, Thailand
  • 20 March, 2006: United Kingdom
  • 23 March, 2006: Egypt
  • 25 March, 2006: Iceland
  • 27 March, 2006: Greece, Russia
  • 29 March, 2006: Australia, Finland
  • 31 March, 2006: South Africa
  • 3 April, 2006: Czech Republic, Holland, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Korea, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Taiwan, Turkey (VHS also available in New Zealand) [14]
  • 21 April, 2006: Japan
  • 14 June, 2006: Belgium
  • 11 December, 2007: United States (HD DVD/Blu-ray)
  • 19 October, 2010: United States (DVD/Blu-ray Ultimate Edition Box Set)
  • 1 June, 2011: United States (Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital Copy Combo Pack)
  • 7 September, 2012: Wizard's Collection (Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet + "Creating the World of Harry Potter")

Box office performance

The film grossed $290 million in the USA-Canada market out of $896 million worldwide.This ranked it second behind the Stone film among the first four Harry Potter films released,and it was for a while among the top 10 worldwide all-time, but it is now 11th (the films passing it worldwide including Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix).

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Quidditch Through the Ages Wonderbook: Book of Spells / Wonderbook: Book of Potions
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The Art of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Harry Potter: The Wand Collection Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World: Movie Magic Volume One: Extraordinary People and Fascinating Places / Volume Two: Curious Creatures / Volume Three: Amazing Artifacts Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
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